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Route mileage
Mileage shown as at end of year stated[1][2][3][4][5]
1841
171 miles (275 km)
1863
1,106 miles (1,780 km)
1876
2,023 miles (3,256 km)
1899
2,504 miles (4,030 km)
1919
2,996 miles 68 chains (4,823.0 km)
1921
3,005 miles (4,836 km)
1924
3,797 miles (6,111 km)
1925
3,819 miles 69 chains (6,147.5 km)
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Great Western Railway accidents include several notable incidents that influenced rail safety in the United Kingdom.
^MacDermot, E T (1927). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0
^MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9
^"A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business". Great Western Railway Magazine. 47 (9). Great Western Railway: 495–499. 1935.
^The Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 154.
^The Railway Year Book for 1926. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1926. pp. 154–172.
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